MA in Design Informatics

A transcript of your degree certificate, or an interim transcript if you are yet to graduate, which provides details of degree examinations passed and the marks and grades awarded

You will need to submit a personal statement of around 500 words, outlining your academic history and relevant experience. You should also use your personal statement to outline your motivation for your chosen area of study. Try to answer questions such as: - Why are you interested in studying at Edinburgh? - Why have you chosen this particular programme? - If you are studying for career development, what are your career plans and how will your studies support these? If you have any other relevant experience, for example paid or voluntary work experience or additional qualifications not stated elsewhere, then please include this information in your personal statement, or you can add it to the “Relevant knowledge/training skills” field in the application form.

You must submit a portfolio as part of your application. Your portfolio should show your creativity and particularly your ideas: focus on the thinking behind your work rather than technique and show development as well as finished pieces. You should include a short description of the idea and context of the work you are presenting. Your portfolio should: display a high standard of conceptual awareness and development reflect a clear ability to think laterally clearly present your research methods and routes, and show the development of ideas include evidence of your working process, from project inception to resolution, demonstrating experiments and explorations demonstrate original and professionally resolved work include high-quality images of completed work across appropriate and varied platforms